Study on Carapace Width Growth Band Counts Relationship of Orange Mud Crab, Scylla olivacea (Herbst, 1796) from Terengganu Coastal Waters, Malaysia | Zendy

Noraznawati Ismail | Zendy; Adnan Amin Safwan | Zendy; Nur FairuzFozi | Zendy; Fadhlul Hazmi Megat | Zendy; H Muhd Farouk | Zendy; Siti Azrina Kamaruddin | Zendy; Mhd Ikhwanuddin | Zendy; M. A. Ambak | Zendy

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Study on Carapace Width Growth Band Counts Relationship of Orange Mud Crab, Scylla olivacea (Herbst, 1796) from Terengganu Coastal Waters, Malaysia

Author(s) -

Noraznawati Ismail,

Adnan Amin Safwan,

Nur FairuzFozi,

Fadhlul Hazmi Megat,

H Muhd Farouk,

Siti Azrina Kamaruddin,

Mhd Ikhwanuddin,

M. A. Ambak

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

pakistan journal of biological sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.268

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1812-5735

pISSN - 1028-8880

DOI - 10.3923/pjbs.2017.140.146

Subject(s) - carapace , biology , orange (colour) , fishery , moulting , veterinary medicine , zoology , crustacean , ecology , horticulture , medicine , larva

Orange mud crab Scylla olivacea is one of the most important fisheries resources. A new development in ageing technique of crustaceans has been introduced. The detection of growth band deposited in hard structure of gastric mill in the cardiac stomach are found retained after moulting process can be used as age indicator and growth estimation.

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